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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

FCAN demands rate hike in govt construction contracts (kp 07/05/2008)

Six insurers to cover overseas workers (kp 06/05/2008)

Ghee industries fall into distress, by Binod Bhandari (kp 04/05/2008)

Business men demand security (kp 30/04/2008)

‘New constitution should focus business’ (kp 17/04/2008), Business reax (nt 18/04/2008)

Clear policy on books sought (ht 17/04/2008)

Gorkha Beer enters European market (ht 15/04/2008)

Cooperatives booming in Karnali region, by Indra Gurung (ht 12/04/2008)

Nepali vegetable ghee industry hit (ht 08/04/2008), Save ghee industry (kp 15/04/2008)

New Leadership: The new leadership of business community faces multi-pronged challenges, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 04/04/2008)

Sticking it out: Bhairawa’s businessmen pay a high price for elections, by Wong Shu Yun (nt 04/04/2008

Govt provides loan to Biratnagar Jute Mill (ht 03/04/2008)

Contractors demand compensation for increased construction costs (kp 02/04/2008)

Industrial security force a must: NCC (ht 31/03/2008)

FNCCI election: Dhakal, Joshi unveil agenda for ‘New Nepal’ (kp 21/03/2008), FNCCI election (kp 24/03/2008), FNCCI presidential candidates slug it out, interview with Chandi Raj Dhakal and Kush Kumar Joshi (kp 24/03/2008), Bid for consensus fails (kp 26/03/2008), FNCCI AGM underway, race for new leadership (nn 26/03/2008), Kush Kumar Joshi elected as FNCCI president (nn 27/03/2008), New FNCCI president says business security top priority (kp 28/03/2008)

A leisurely business, by Naeema Siddiqua (ht 16/03/2008)

Private sector seeks govt support (kp 15/03/2008)

Coca-Cola Sabco, Khetan partners (kp 12/03/2008)

'Govt should devise energy plan', interview with Saurabh Jyoti (kp 10/03/2008)

Businessmen in Birgunj take to street demanding security (nn 09/03/2008), Businessmen protest insecurity, by Shankar Acharya (kp 10/03/2008), Businessmen submit memo to PM (kp 11/03/2008)

Chitwan resorts threaten closure (kp 08/03/2008)

Business community organises streets protest demanding security (nn 02/03/2008), Businessmen organise protest (kp 03/03/2008), Entrepreneurs up in arms over attacks: Submit memorandum to PM (kp 04/03/2008), Business security (kp 05/03/2008), Business community: Under Siege, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 07/03/2008)

Attacks on businessman: FNCCI, CNI, NCC threaten to strike (27/02/2008)

Hoteliers flay workers’ strike in Chitwan (kp 26/02/2008)

Investment in housing industry has reached Rs 12b (kp 25/02/2008)

‘Nepal’s pharmaceutical market is worth Rs 10b’, interview with Umesh Lal Shrestha, managing director of Quest Pharmaceutical (kp 18/02/2008)

West Nepal sees 3 tourism, trade fairs (kp 17/02/2008)

Dispute shuts down tea factory, by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 11/02/2008)

Smuggled Indian bricks trouble Nepali factories, by Rabindra Upreti (kp 10/02/2008)

Advertisements: Some socially sensitive, many insensitive, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 29/01/2008)

4 new life insurance companies to open, by Milyan Mani Sharma (kp 19/01/2008)

Govt issues guidelines for network marketing (kp 08/01/2008)

Lomus eyes SE Asian markets (kp 07/01/2008)

Housing emerges as most lucrative investment: prices nearly doubled in 3 yrs, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 03/01/2008)

‘Ad sector facing HR crunch’ (kp 23/12/2007)

Online business directory coming (kp 07/12/2007)

Top companies investing big in cement plants (kp 20/11/2007)

Govt. awards business personalities with CIP (nn 15/11/2007)

CG plans to diversify into infrastructure and service sectors (nn 07/11/2007), Chaudhary to diversify into banks, cement and power (kp 07/11/2007)

Competition among businessmen eases locals’ life, by Arun Shah (kp 06/11/2007)

Nepal world's largest Alainchi producer: Potential to become country's biggest export: Experts, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 31/10/2007)

Sale! Stores lure Dashain shoppers with discounts (kp 13/10/2007)

Poor industrial environment leads to investment withdrawal (kp 12/10/2007)

More new restaurants opening in Sauraha, by Binod Tripathi (kp 04/10/2007)

Join the joyride: There may be a petrol shortage, but car sales are soaring, by Pankaj Rayamajhi and Trishna Gurung (nt 28/09/2007)

Doing business in Nepal easier than in India (kp 27/09/2007)

‘Garment industry can regain past glory’, interview with Prashant K Pokhrel (kp 24/09/2007)

Alico row ends (kp 18/09/2007)

Business community deplores growing insecurity (kp 31/08/2007)

Improve quality of pashmina to promote exports: Experts (kp 24/08/2007)

Workers tighten noose on Biratnagar Jute Mills (kp 23/08/2007)

Net pricing fails to stop exploitation by middleman, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 18/08/2007)

Lackluster FDI growth (kp 09/08/2007)

IB directs Alico to resume operations (kp 07/08/2007), IB takes tough actions against Alliance Insurance, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 08/08/2007), Alico resumes operation under tight security (kp 10/08/2007), Follow directives, normalize operations: IB tells Alico (kp 17/08/2007)

Pashmina industry unveils recovery plan (kp 05/08/2007)

Importers liable for food quality: MoICS (kp 04/08/2007)

‘Flexicurity’ stressed for sound industrial relations (kp 03/08/2007)

Cost of conflict: Time is running out to help businesses revive the economy, by Bhagirath Yogi (nt 27/07/2007)

Rara to open subsidiary in Terai (kp 23/07/2007)

Code of conduct for cooperatives unveiled (kp 08/07/2007)

Businesses hit hard by transport strike (kp 01/07/2007), 70 industries shut down in Sunsari (samn 02/07/2007)

Row in casino: Tarnishing Image Of Nepal (sp 29/06/2007)

‘My dream is to make Prisma a global player’ (kp 25/06/2007)

Nepali firms to go multinational (kp 22/06/2007)

Pashmina suffers identity crisis after years of trade (kp 19/06/2007)

Another industry packs up (kp 13/06/2007)

Disclose food importer names: Officials, retailers (kp 07/06/2007)

Industrial Security Force to be formed soon (nn 05/06/2007)

Pashmina entrepreneurs see good prospects (kp 05/06/2007)

Hetauda Cement shuts down (kp 02/06/2007)

YCL assisting Yarsagumba trade, by Baburam Kharel (kp 28/05/2007)

PE losses stand at Rs 41b (kp 26/05/2007)

Entrepreneurs call for better security (kp 19/05/2007)

Street outlets eat away restaurant business, by Uttam Bhlon (kp 18/05/2007)

Microsoft to enter Nepal once market grows (kp 14/05/2007)

Coke controversy refuses to fade (samn 12/05/2007)

Small industries want low interest rate (kp 11/05/2007)

Developing private enterprises, by Ram Babu Nepal (kp 07/05/2007)

“Business hasn’t grown as expected”, interview with Vijay Gajananda Vaidya, chairman of United Traders Syndicate (nt 04/05/2007)

NICL to introduce ‘cashless settlement’ policy (kp 21/04/2007)

Information vacuum leaves insurance customers disenchanted (kp 19/04/2007)

Businessmen cry foul over scrap duty, by Binod Bhandari (kp 18/04/2007)

NOC's gas loss widens (kp 17/04/2007)

Former employees paralyze Sajha Yatayat (kp 17/04/2007)

United World Trade Centre starts operation (nn 15/04/2007)

Follow the money: Hints to Nepal’s future lie in its business prospects, by Daniel Lak (nt 13/04/2007)

Lack of law stalls Bhairahawa SEZ (kp 13/04/2007)

Gorakhkali eyes B'deshi market (kp 09/04/2007)

Selling secondhand books lucrative business, by Shankar Gyawali (kp 08/04/2007)

Nepal’s largest business complex to open April 14 (kp 06/04/2007), Largest business complex set to open (samn 06/04/2007)

"The business environment in Nepal is pathetic", interview with Radhesh Pant, managing director of the Bank of Kathmandu (nt 06/04/2007)

Moving Ahead:United Insurance (kp 02/04/2007)

Chaudhary Group completes 136 years (kp 31/03/2007)

Short Relief: The business community warns it will re-launch agitation if eight parties do not fulfill their commitments (sp 30/03/2007)

Training a must to maximize profit and enhance productivity, interview with Bijay Giri (kp 26/03/2007)

Vegetable vendors go on strike (samn 21/03/2007)

Entrepreneurs organise sit in demanding security (nn 19/03/2007), Businessmen call for shutdown from 3 pm (nn 19/03/2007), Internet services go down in protest of attack on businessman (nn 19/03/2007), Businessmen announce indefinite shutdown (nn 19/03/2007), Maoists deny hand in manhandling of businessman (nn 19/03/2007)

‘Finance companies need to diversify products’ (kp 19/03/2007)

Businessmen request relief package (kp 18/03/2007)

Two transport federations unite, vow to defy bandhs (15/03/2007)

90 per cent industries closed in Hetauda (samn 15/03/2007)

Bajaj, EBL ink pact to finance bikes (kp 15/03/2007)

FNCCI urges all to create conducive environment for operation of industries (nn 14/03/2007)

Insurance firms let down public, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 14/03/2007), Sheer cheating (kp 15/03/2007), IB directs insurance companies to review low bonus rates, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 15/03/2007), 'Clients lost Rs 6,600 not Rs 33,000' (kp 16/03/2007), LIC Nepal to raise insurance bonus, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 21/03/2007)

Power cuts cripple cyber cafe business, by Phadendra Gadtaula (kp 13/03/2007)

Govt to compensate banda hit industries, by Binod Bhandari (kp 11/03/2007)

FNCCI apprises Speaker of troubles (kp 10/03/2007)

FNCCI and CNI join hands to raise issues of their mutual concern (nn 01/03/2007)

NOC operates with profit after four years (kp 01/03/2007), New oil policy (kp 02/03/2007)

Tobacco Industries Disregard Nepal's Ratification of Global Treaty, by Bobby Ramakant (Seoul Times 28/02/2007), Tobacco industries disregard global treaty, by Bobby Ramakant (kp 04/03/2007)

Businessmen wary of tight competition regulation (kp 28/02/2007)

RBS asked to reinvent itself (kp 24/02/2007)

Syndicates extorting from entrepreneurs, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 20/02/2007)

NOC finally cleans its hands from loss (nn 20/02/2007)

Marketing, product and brand image, by Suman Kumar Regmi (kp 18/02/2007)

Guru of business: Pushpa Kamal Dahal should go watch a film or two, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 16/02/2007)

Sales down as unrest continues (kp 08/02/2007)

NOC's loss declines (nn 26/01/2007), NOC loss lessens to Rs 5.4m (kp 26/01/2007)

Transport entrepreneurs clinch major gains (kp 25/01/2007)

Against all odds: Nepal needs small entrepreneurs to deliver on the promise of democracy, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 19/01/2007)

High-level committee for PEs privatization (kp 18/01/2007)

Handmade paper eyes brighter days (samn 18/01/2007)

Surya Nepal setting up new garment factory in Biratnagar (nn 16/01/2007), Surya Nepal to open garment factory (kp 17/01/2007)

Business leaders call for robust policy (kp 14/01/2007)

Sick industries may get govt funding (samn 10/01/2007)

Business registration to go online (kp 09/01/2007)

Insurance companies need code of conduct (kp 08/01/2007)

Street vendors flourish against all odds, by Rajeev Bhattarai (kp 05/01/2007)

Poor human resource management stymies NOC, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 03/01/2007)

Subsidy: hurdle to open LP gas market, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 27/12/2006)

JMF workers sell off their stake (kp 24/12/2006)

Garment sector ‘on the verge of collapse’ (kp 17/12/2006)

Youths explore new investment avenues (kp 15/12/2006), ‘Annapurna Declaration’ calls for collective effort (kp 17/12/2006)

Land transactions in Pokhara slump unexpectedly, by Kul Chandra Neupane (kp 14/12/2006)

Pokhara to host investors' summit (kp 10/12/2006)

Govt to revive Gorakhkali Rubber Udyog (samn 09/12/2006)

December's oil loss eases to Rs 50m (kp 07/12/2006)

Largest garment exporter shuts down (kp 06/12/2006)

Udaypur Cement closed, by Ramesh C Adhikari (kp 06/12/2006)

Better industrial relations stressed (kp 29/11/2006)

Bluebird Food Court: More than a restaurant (kp 27/11/2006)

NOC's oil loss down to Rs 150m (kp 21/11/2006), NOC's monthly losses come down (nn 26/11/2006)

Illicit import mires cell phone market (kp 20/11/2006)

Focus on industries after peace: Tripathi (kp 17/11/2006)

New business for new Nepal: Business reforms are not necessarily complex, by Artha Beed (nt 17/11/2006)

Transport office automation hits snag (kp 17/11/2006)

Court orders transporters not to impose syndicate (kp 16/11/2006)

Handmade paper builds fortune (samn 16/11/2006)

Govt devises new reform plan for NOC, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 11/11/2006)

Butwal Spinning Mill shuts down, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp 05/11/2006)

Minding business: We need business, and women in business, by CK Lal (nt 20/10/2006)

PE performance contracts fail to deliver (kp 17/10/2006)

Garment sector needs to modernize (kp 17/10/2006)

Govt urged to look into business problems (kp 15/10/2006)

Street vendors’ workshop begins (kp 12/10/2006)

Business shutdown on October 17 (nn 12/10/2006),  Traders' body calls for strike on Oct 17 (samn 12/10/2006), Prime Minister urges entrepreneurs to postpone general strike (nn 16/10/2006), Court orders FNCCI to call off Tuesday's general strike (nn 16/10/2006), SC bans FNCCI strike (kp 17/10/2006),  FNCCI to go ahead with strike plan despite court order (nn 17/10/2006),  Businessmen to defy court order (samn 17/10/2006), Business shutdown irresponsible, says Finance Minister (nn 17/10/2006),  Over half a dozen injured in Pokhara; Bandh affects normal life (nn 17/10/2006), FNCCI strike has partial effect (kp 18/10/2006),  Strike cripples life nationwide (samn 18/10/2006), Strike Cripples Life in Nepal: Businesses demand greater security, end of dual tax, by Sundar Khanal (on 18/10/2006), Strike against Maoist extortion paralyses Nepal (peninsula 18/10/2006),  FNCCI could face contempt of court (nn 18/10/2006), FNCCI faces contempt of court (nn 18/10/2006), Government agrees to fulfill demands of entrepreneurs (nn 18/10/2006), Unjustified strike (kp 19/10/2006), Court issues summons to FNCCI president on 'contempt of court' case (nn 19/10/2006),  Court summons FNCCI chief for contempt (samn 20/10/2006),  Dhakal 'did not know' court order to stop general strike (nn 27/10/2006)

Political instability squeezed businesses (kp09/10/2006)

Modernization eludes local industry (kp 29/09/2006)

Street vendors busy wooing customers (samn 28/09/2006)

Banke industries to reopen soon (kp 28/09/2006)

‘Nepali Ad industry poised for growth’ (kp 25/09/2006)

Branding business: Business needs to market itself better, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 22/09/2006)

Necessity and contractors’ agitation, by Krishna Regmi (kp 19/09/2006)

Businessmen rally in Birgunj demanding industrial security (nn 19/09/2006)

Unhealthy competition mires insurance sector (kp 18/09/2006)

National assembly of FNCCI to discuss problems of industrial sector: Dhakal (nn 17/09/2006)

Hetauda Cement Factory resumes operation (samn 17/09/2006)

NOC resumes fuel quality inspection (kp 16/09/2006)

Businessmen gherao labour minister (samn 14/09/2006)

Business environment has worsened in Nepal: WB (nn 12/09/2006)

Leather shoe industry lacks trained manpower, interview with Rabin Kumar Shrestha, Managing Director of Koseli Leather Shoe Industry (kp 04/09/2006)

Separate policy required for floriculture sector, interview with Shreedhar Karki (kp 21/08/2006)

Nepali Electricity Authority cumulative loss stands at 100 mln USD (pd 18/08/2006), NEA losses reach 7 billion; load shedding from first week of September (nn 18/08/2006)

Industrial sector performs poorly (samn 15/08/2006)

Government indifferent to NOC losses (nn 15/08/2006)

Top Bollywood actress adds glamour to gambling (nn 14/08/2006)

Kathmandu's ‘Hong Kong’ market a big eyesore, by Rohan Shrestha (kp 12/08/2006)

NOC, IOC officials hold talks (nn 11/08/2006)

Competition Council (kp 08/08/2006)

FNCCI sore over govt ‘apathy’ (kp 07/08/2006)

NOC's monthly loss totals Rs 660m (kp 25/07/2006)

Government appoints heads in Corporations (nn 18/07/2006)

Marvelous Marmelous (nt 14/07/2006)

PEs’ performance disappointing, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 12/07/2006)

Total Quality Management: Tool For Enhancing Quality, Productivity, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 08/07/2006)

Pokhara industries close (kp 05/07/2006)

50 textile industries closed in Birjung (nn 23/06/2006), Textile mills’ closure sparks protests (samn 24/06/2006), Textile industries of Birjung resume operation; other industries still closed (nn 26/06/2006)

‘Revive business confidence’ (kp 16/06/2006)

Bhairahawa traders halt businesses (kp 07/06/2006)

IB mulls new accounting guidelines (kp 07/06/2006)

Marketing Of Cargo Industry, by Raj Bhai Manandhar (rn 01/06/2006)

Dabur Nepal closes down its factory (nn 19/05/2006), We haven't intimidated Dabur Nepal: CPN (Maoist) (nn 20/05/2006), Maoist ‘extortion’ shuts down Birgunj industries, by Sujit Mahat (kp 20/05/2006), Birgunj industries shut for 2nd day; Maoists deny extortion, NC, FNCCI concerned (kp 21/05/2006), Birgunj industries reopen (kp 22/05/2006)

Business returns to normal in Thamel, by Joe Jackson (kp 28/04/2006)

Banking sees 90pc drop in business (samn 27/04/2006)

Two-thirds of small industries shut down in Nepal: statistics (People's Daily 15/04/2006), Two thirds of small industries shut down (kp 15/04/2006)

Insurance: Split Business, by Thakur Amgai (sp 07/04/2006)

Biratnagar Jute Mill closed (nn 05/04/2006), BJM closed down, by Bhim Ghimire (kp 05/04/2006)

‘Govt should choose effective media for ad’ (kp 04/04/2006)

In an age of advertising Technology and youth are energising the industry, by Alok Tumbahangphey (nt 31/03/2006)

Bus operators lose Rs 56m (kp 28/03/2006)

‘Regulate network marketing business’ (kp 28/03/2006)

Mutual funds still miles away from Nepal, by Krishna Regmi (kp 24/03/2006)

Invest in management: A good boss beats out money, machines and location, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 17/03/2006)

Two sides of The North Face Off trekking? Try original or knock-off designer down from Thamel, by Anoop Pandey (nt 17/03/2006)

Nepali shoppers benefit from on-line shopping facilities (Eastday 10/03/2006)

Garment industry in 2005, by Navin Dahal (kp 10/03/2006)

Earning Bread and Butter from Rhododendrons: National flower of Nepal not only a point of pride, but also a means of business, by Pawan Acharya (Ohmy News 08/03/2006)

Dispute engulfs Fulbari resort (kp 07/03/2006)

Growing a human face: Nepali businesses must learn to invest in HR, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 03/03/2006)

Small, medium enterprises face many constraints in Nepal (People's Daily 25/02/2006)

Hard work sprouts success (nt 17/02/2006)

Restoring Nepal’s social fabric: Nepal’s pashmina industry is bouncing back with innovation and new markets, by Alok Tumbahangphey (nt 03/02/2006)

Cut flower business booms, by Riwaj Rai (kp 29/01/2006)

Dutch IT firms eyeing Nepal (kp 29/01/2006), 'Outsourcing can boost Nepali IT sector' (samn 29/01/2006)

Cotton towel industry nearing collapse in Nepal (People's Daily 26/01/2006)

FNCCI constitutes Think Tank (kp 17/01/2006)

New year brings hope for garment industry, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 11/01/2006)

LSF sold to Shree Krishna Refinery (kp 10/01/2006)

Bus operators' syndicate suspended (kp 06/01/2006)

Cottage and small industries largely neglected: Entrepreneurs (nn 23/12/2005), Cottage industry (kp 31/12/2005)

Nepal Entrepreneurs Stress Business Ethics (nln 22/12/2005)

Corporatization of Nepali Public Enterprises (PEs), by Bimal Wagle (kp 19/12/2005)

Insurance business remains stunted (samn 17/12/2005)

Company Ordinance falls short of hopes (samn 07/12/2005)

Govt apathy hits coal industry hard (samn 04/12/2005)

We need stringent code on corporate governance, by Deepak Raj Kafle (kp 28/11/2004)

Getting the paperwork done: Nepal exports lokta worth $4 million a year overseas but Nepalis aren’t buying it, by Aarti Basnyat (nt 11/11/2005)

Wai Wai plans expansion to India (kp 09/11/2005)

Casino to open in Pokhara, by Kul Chandra Beupane (kp 05/11/2005)

E-shopping is changing shopping patterns (nn 01/11/2005)

Doing business in Nepal not easy (kp 15/09/2005)

Industrial security (kp 10/09/2005)

Govt working out to reform FDI policy (samn 30/08/2005)

Fortunate companies, by LD Mahat (kp 24/08/2005)

Non-banking institutions’ market share rises (kp 11/08/2005)

Annual Report of Public Enterprises (PE) incur losses of Rs 5.9b (kp 16/07/2005), Rising Toll: The annual review report of the state of the Public Enterprises expose how the loss-making enterprises are bleeding the national exchequer (sp 29/07/2005)

Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) In Nepal, by Prabin Khadka (rn 16/07/2005)

Unpromising (ht 09/02/2005)

Weaving Panic: Entrepreneurs are nervously watching the events post MFA expiry, wary that ‘efficient exporters’ could eat up their market share, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 28/01/2005)

Dressing up strategically, by Beena Kharel (kp 26/01/2005)

‘Insurgency has not affected housing business’ (kp 17/01/2005)

Explore new avenues: Experts (kp 15/01/2005)

For older links see archive

Background

Nepal Business and Trade Information

HMG of Nepal, Ministry of Industry, Foreign Investment Promotion Section

Nepal: foreign investment opportunities, home page of the Foreign Investment Promotion Division

Insurance Board Nepal

US Business Report Nepal, 1998

FY 1998 Country Commercial Guide Nepal

Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI)

FNCCI: Nepal and the World, a statistical profile

Handicraft Association of Nepal (HAN)

Construction companies (1999)

Consulting firms (1999)

Industrial and trading houses (1999)

Nepal Business Directory